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Smooth_Criminal_by_Michael_Jackson.ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 28 s, 70 kbps, file size: 238 KB)

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Description

"Smooth Criminal" excerpt from the Bad album by Michael Jackson

Source

Bad (album)

Article

Smooth Criminal

Portion used

28 second excerpt

Low resolution?

66kbit/s (significantly less than CD quality). The sample was created using Audacity, and has a Vorbis quality settings of 0. See Wikipedia:Music samples for more information.

Purpose of use

Used in Smooth Criminal article as sole example of, among other elements critical to the understanding of such a performer, Jackson’s vocal and musical style – elements which cannot be reasonably expected to be conveyed adequately by prose. Song has additional relevance as a work central to Jackson’s success and as piece for which Jackson has received significant recognition. It illustrates an educational article that specifically discusses the song from which this sample was taken. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample of comparable educational value. Used in Smooth Criminal as example of style of the song. Critical commentary included in article.

Replaceable?

No

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Smooth Criminal//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Smooth_Criminal_by_Michael_Jackson.oggtrue

Licensing:

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File history

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current03:19, 14 April 200728 s (238 KB)Peregrine Fisher (talk | contribs)"Smooth Criminal", Michael Jackson, 1987. The sample was created using Audacity, and has a Vorbis quality settings of 0. See Wikipedia:Music samples for more information. This sample is 28 seconds long. Slightly more than 10% of 4:17 (

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Transcode status

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Format Bitrate Download Status Encode time
MP3 187 kbps Completed 05:55, 25 December 2017 2.0 s

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